Mayan Clothing PowerPoint / Clothes worn by the Ancient Maya
This PowerPoint is a Mayan clothing teaching resource. It is a complete lesson and includes questions, tasks and answers on clothes worn by the Ancient Maya.
Pupils learn:
which materials were used for Mayan clothing
typical clothing worn by men and women
about Ancient Mayan jewellery
how clothes differed among richer and poorer Mayans
Included: Editable PowerPoint (30 slides) and a PDF version of the same presentation for easy printing.
SPaG / GPaS Lesson Starters Mystery Name
These downloads are SPaG starters. There are 15 grammar starters. Each with a theme e.g. nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, synonyms and antonyms . Each activity reveals one letter of the bear’s name. By the end of the week, the bear’s name is revealed. Answers for each day and the end of the week are included.
Could be done as a whole class activity, or the slides could be printed so that pupils can complete individually or in pairs.
English Leader End of Year Report Ofsted Framework 2019
This download is an English Leader End of Year Report based on the Ofsted Framework Sept 2019. It is all you need to help you write a thorough and relevant English leader end of year report. The template is divided into headings, each based on the leadership and management section of the framework.
Under each heading there are:
Key questions to help give you ideas of what to add to the report
Key statements which can be edited to make them relevant to your setting/results etc
The document is three pages long (Calibri 11 font)
Maths Leader End of Year Report Ofsted Framework 2019
This download is an Maths Leader End of Year Report based on the Ofsted Framework Sept 2019. It is all you need to help you write a thorough and relevant maths leader end of year report. The template is divided into headings, each based on the leadership and management section of the framework.
Under each heading there are:
Key questions to help give you ideas of what to add to the report
Key statements which can be edited to make them relevant to your setting/results etc
The document is three pages long (Calibri 11 font)
Women’s World Cup 2019 Assembly and Quiz Bundle
Download together and save! This dowload is the Women’s World Cup 2019 Assembly and Quiz Bundle. The assembly teachers students all about the Women’s World Cup 2019: the teams, the games, the players and the trophy. Then, follow it up with a 30 question multiple choice, interactive quiz. All you need to get your students excited about the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019!
Women’s World Cup 2019 Assembly Updated as of 30th June 2019
This PowerPoint is a Women’s World Cup 2019 assembly. The assembly begins with a game for students to match the facts about the Women’s World Cup, before moving on to information about the history of the Women’s World Cup, star players and where the games will be held. It ends with a short true or false quiz. There are student questions throughout. This is a great way to get your students excited about the Women’s World Cup 2019!
NQT Questions for a Smooth Start
For primary NQTs or NQT mentors
These NQT questions for a smooth start are general and then subject-specific questions that will guide you to find out all you need to know about your new school. This is a list of questions that I wish I had asked when I first started as a primary NQT.
After working as a primary NQT mentor for many years, I have gained an insight into what information NQTs need and want to know. I’ve compiled these questions aimed at helping NQTs start as they mean to go on.
Included:
Microsoft Word document with over three pages of questions under the headings: general, maths, English, science, PE, DT/art, geography/history/RE, MFL, PSHCE and music.
24 Hour Clock Story and Task Cards
This resource is a 24 hour clock story with task cards (answers included). Engage your pupils in the topic of the 24 hour clock with the fun story of Dingalong the doorbell. Included in the story are many times given using the 24 hour clock. Following the story, give your students the task cards (with ‘extra for experts’ included).
The task cards focus on:
Time comprehension + answers
Converting from 24 hour clock to 12 hour clock + answers
Applying knowledge of time to write own paragraph for the story (no answers given for this as it is an open task for pupils to complete)
Resilience Workbook
This resource is a resilience workbook. The five resilience monsters will teach your students about things that can get in the way of resilience. Varied and engaging, the tasks are designed to appeal to Key Stage 2 and 3 students. This attractive workbook is suitable for a whole class project or for individual students to complete.
Activities include:
True or false
Identifying the resilience barriers in a short story
Reflecting on the feeling of achieving a goal
Identifying the skills they have that will help them to achieve a goal
Included in this resource is an editable version of the workbook (created on PowerPoint) and a PDF of the same booklet for printing purposes.
Last Supper Workbook
This download is a Last Supper workbook. This attractive and colourful workbook consists of 16 pages (including answer pages where relevant). There is a selection of fun and varied activities for your students to complete focusing on the different events of the Last Supper. The events covered include eating the Last Supper, praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and Judas’s betrayal. The activities require students to reflect on the feelings and motivations of the people involved.
Fronted Adverbials Quiz
This download is a fronted adverbials quiz. This 30 question quiz is the perfect way to consolidate your students’ understanding of fronted adverbials. The multiple choice questions, all focused on fronted adverbials, are interactive; there are also buttons to move back to a question if an answer is incorrect, or forward to the next question for correct answers.
Included: 1 x fronted adverbials quiz PowerPoint
Palm Sunday Workbook
This download is a Palm Sunday Workbook. This attractive and colourful workbook consists of 16 pages (including answer pages where relevant). There is a selection of fun and varied activities for your students to complete focusing on the different events of Palm Sunday. The events covered include the disciples fetching the donkey, Jesus riding into Jerusalem and Jesus visiting the temple. The activities require students to reflect on the feelings and motivations of the people involved.
Determine the Theme of a Poem
This download is a determine the theme of a poem set of two poems with accompanying task cards. The two poems each have four task cards with accompanying answer cards related to determining the themes.
Included in this resource:
2 poems
8 task cards
6 answer cards (2 activities do not need answer cards)
This no-prep vocabulary reading comprehension activity teaches students about:
Figurative language - similes and metaphors / personification / hyperbole
Connotative vocabulary
There are six poems, which are spring and summer themed, and then six task cards, each with their own accompanying answer card.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The texts and task cards require no preparation and could be printed out or completed on PowerPoint). The answer slides give students the opportunity to self-check or aid the teacher in their marking.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and ordering activities. Each task card has its own answer card too. Teachers can use these for marking work, or students can use if the task has been set as distance learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
6 poems - spring and summer themed
6 task cards
6 answer cards
20 pages total
This poetry reading comprehension supports students in distinguishing their own point of view from the author (or in this case, the poet). There are six poems in which the poet expresses their point of view on a particular topic. the accompanying six task cards then ask students to consider how their own point of view compares.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The poems and task cards require no preparation and can be printed or completed digitally (on slides). The tasks are open-ended, meaning there is no right or wrong answer. There is therefore no need for an answer key.
A RANGE OF POEMS
The six poems cover a variety of contentious topics such as:
-Not wanting a pet
-Only having a small number of friends
-Digital books are a bad idea
-We must stop throwing away so much waste
-Being bored indicates a lack of imagination
The poems are written in such a way to encourage students to decide whether they agree or disagree.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and longer, open-ended tasks.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Six poems
Six task cards
Twelve slides total
This no-prep figurative and connotative language reading comprehension activity teaches students about:
Figurative language - similes and metaphors / personification / hyperbole
Connotative vocabulary
There are six nonfiction texts, which are endangered animal themed, and then six task cards, each with their own accompanying answer card.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The texts and task cards require no preparation and could be printed out or completed on PowerPoint. The answer slides give students the opportunity to self-check or aid the teacher in their marking.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are questions to answer, tables to complete and ordering activities. Each task card has its own answer card too. Teachers can use these for marking work, or students can use if the task has been set as distance learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
6 nonfiction texts - endangered animals theme
6 task cards
6 answer cards
20 pages total
This no-prep exploring a plotline reading comprehension activity teaches students about:
Themes of texts
Change in a character through a text
How emotions change through a story
There is a two-page story and then six task cards, each with their own - accompanying answer card.
NO PREPARATION REQUIRED
The text and task cards require no preparation and could be printed out or completed on PowerPoint. The answer slides give students the opportunity to self-check or aid the teacher in their marking.
ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
The six task cards are completed in a number of different ways. There are two longer answer cards (pupils must write a paragraph to answer) and shorter activities, which have been designed to suit different students’ learning styles. Each task card has its own answer card too. Teachers can use these for marking work, or students can use if the task has been set as distance learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Story (two pages long)
6 task cards
6 answer cards
8 pages total (some pages contain two task cards)
Mayan Gods Poems Comprehension
This Mayan gods poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Mayan gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. The deities covered are: Itzamna, Chaac, Ix Chel and Kinich Ahau.
The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Mayan gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time.
The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable).
What’s included?
4 poems about Ancient Mayan gods and goddesses
4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess
4 sets of answers
Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Tasks - Diary Entry
These reading comprehension diary entry tasks bring a little something different to your reading comprehension lessons. There are three diary entry texts from three members of a class: two classmates and their teacher. Each entry then has a series of comprehension questions (and answers) about the text.
Your students will enjoy reading the three diary entries, all based on the first day back after the summer holidays. Each one gives a slightly different perspective of the day. There are ten questions based on each one, with a mix of multiple choice, shorter answers and longer responses required.
There is also a bonus set of comprehension questions based on comparisons between all three entries, as a whole. This gives students the chance to evaluate all three texts.
What’s included?
Three diary entries
Three sets of comprehension questions
Bonus set of questions based on all three texts
These electricity word searches are great for introducing or ending your science topic on electricity. They could be used for early finishes or register activities. In addition, they could be used as prompts for teaching about vocabulary related to electricity.
There are two word searches: one based on circuits and the other on famous scientists in the field of electricity. Following the word search, you could ask pupils to define the words or research the scientists.
What’s included?
Word search on circuits
Word search on famous scientists linked to electricity
Answers